This breakout was subject to centralized command, and the entire breakout force was commanded by the Marshal Montgomery of the Army. <><>Fiction For this reason, the US First Army belonged to the 21st Army Group of the United Kingdom. Li Mo originally expected that the objections that would arise between the leaders of the Allied military and political forces would be eliminated, although there were still some differences of opinion between Eisenhower and his generals.

When talking about this tension between Britain and the United States, Montgomery said:

"From then until the end of the war, there was always some emotion between the British and American troops. Patton made some comments that were not conducive to unity from time to time. When he was blocked by Bradley, he said: Let me drive to Farez, and we will drive the British back to the sea and have another Dunkirk."

Montgomery also understood the problem between Britain and the United States, and often said to his subordinates: "The trouble of internal fighting later turned into a storm, and sometimes it would destroy the Allied ship."

From the fact that Patton was placed in the surrounded Ardennes area, while Montgomery could only break through the troops, we can see the careful thoughts between the Allies. Fortunately, Patton and Montgomery were both very good. Patton accomplished the purpose of delaying and attracting the German army, and Montgomery also opened the door to escape with countless corpses of the Allies.

Eisenhower's decision to concentrate Allied command in one person was timely because the battle was losing control drastically. Apart from the southern and northern wings that broke through the territory, there was almost no coordinated line of defense in the region.

General Wilmot recalled:

"The soldiers of the 28th Stormtroopers rushed back from the Orr River in a constant stream. They brought... tragic news that the regiment-level fortifications had collapsed."

Montgomery's contribution to the recovery of the situation was that he connected a series of isolated operations into a clearly planned and integrated battle. It was precisely because he did not agree to an immature piecemeal counterattack that the Allies could gather reserves and break through the German encirclement in one fell swoop.

However, just when the commander-in-chief needed the reserves to strengthen his breakthrough in the West Wing, the Allies in other aspects were not taken into consideration. There were many Allies who were scattered and unable to break through. Their end was to be prisoners of war. In general, Montgomery's breakthrough was successful, although it was not perfect. But it was already very good. After all, more than one million Allies escaped to Britain smoothly, and of course they also abandoned all available weapons and equipment, almost returning to Britain with bare hands.

As for the development of the German army's situation, what reversed the situation was that the encirclement was too large. The German army could not annihilate the enemies in the Ardennes area in extreme times, and could not quickly assemble troops to stop the Allied forces from breaking through.

When the weather turns clear, the British and American air forces strangled the Luftwaffe. Although the greatest self-sacrifice by the Luftwaffe pilots could only reduce the burden on the ground forces, these fierce attacks from the air often delayed the delivery of ammunition and supplies that the combat forces most urgently needed.

For the sake of concealment, most of the supply warehouses are located on the east bank of the Rhine River. In this regard, fuel supply is particularly affected. Therefore, from the beginning, the fuel of the offensive troops was used today and there was no tomorrow. This situation improved only after Li Mo drew out local German fighter jets:

Allied Army aviation forces have a certain advantage in number. They often headed hundreds of aircraft directly to the German supply line. Allied Air Force dispatched 15,000 orders in four days, not only attacking the transportation lines in the Ardennes area, but also attacking roads, railways and airports in the entire Rhineland region. More than 1,700 tons of bombs were dropped in Saint-Vitt... In order to directly support the regional operations, the tactical air force dispatched more than 30,000 orders to harass the German army, which further damaged the German army. Of course, the losses of the Allied Air Force were also extremely serious. More than 2,000 planes were shot down in just four days, but their air strikes were also good. They delayed the German offensive and pursuit.

Looking back from the German perspective, we can draw the following conclusion: the area of ​​development and the area of ​​attack launch were selected correctly. The time of attack selected and the method of the Fifth Armored Army launching an offensive was suitable for the situation at that time and was also correct. The enemy's intelligence and aerial reconnaissance did not detect the preparations for the troops to be deployed. The camouflage measures taken proved to be effective, although the relevant troops were not notified until the day before the attack that they were risky, and both strategically and tactically, they achieved suddenness.

As soon as the Second French Battle was over, Li Mo immediately summoned Hitler to Berlin. Hitler held a grand welcoming ceremony for Li Mo. All the citizens of Berlin rushed to the streets, and there was a sea of ​​flowers everywhere, but Li Mo did not have the heart to face all these honors now.

At the situation analysis meeting on January 9, 1942, when Li Mo tried to bring Hitler to the dangerous situation on the Eastern Front, there were more than one million fleeing Allied troops in Britain, and they were likely to launch a second landing battle. So Li Mo suggested that Hitler negotiate with Britain and the United States, and Hitler was so angry that he had a great hysterical attack.

Hitler refused to face these facts, in Guderian's words, "His heart has a strange world blueprint, and every fact must conform to his whimsical blueprint. He believed that the world must be like this, but in fact, it is the blueprint of another world." But reality was quickly proven to be better than fantasy.

Hitler claimed in a conversation with Li Mo: "Do you know, my marshal, I don't think the Russians will enter politics at all. This is just a vicious threat. The numbers listed by your military office outside the Eastern Front are too exaggerated. You are too worried. I absolutely believe that the Eastern Front is safe.

So we must organize our forces immediately and prepare to launch the second sea lion plan. The Allies can open up the second battlefield. We must also launch the second sea lion plan. Our army will have very few British islands."

At this time, the German army in France was repairing railways and bridges. Li Mo was ready to drop these elite German troops to the Soviet battlefield. The Soviet Union was still strangling more than 2 million elite troops from the German army, greatly consuming Germany's national strength. If Li Mo had not formed more than one million Russian People's Liberation Army, the German army in the Soviet Union might have completely collapsed.

Although these Russian People's Liberation Army used Soviet weapons, their fighting will was extremely tenacious. They had always fought bloody battles with the Soviet Red Army to the end and would never be captured by the Red Army. The Red Army would shoot them directly when they caught them. Basically, both sides had become enemies of life and death. This was caused by Stalin's policies.

Hitler's other mistake was not to replenish the troops to the combat troops. For the existing divisions, he neither restored them to normal strength nor disbanded them. He would rather form a new division, and leave only half or even half of the divisions that have been tested for battle. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!

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